Scissors and shears.



E. KO'EHLER SCISSORS AND SHEARS. APFLRCATIQN FILED APR-3. 1911..

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Application filed April 3, 1917. Serial No. 159,416.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD KOEHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improvement in Scissors and Shears, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates generally to scissors and shears and moreespeciall to the class of scissors and shears in which the bows areprovided with covers made of leather, rubber or textile material whichhas heretofore been wrapped about the bows and in some instances theshanks and has been secured thereto by stitching or cementing it inplace. In some instances the inner sides of the bows'only have beencovered and in other instances the bows and sometimes the shanks or aportion of them have been covere These modes of covering the bows havebeen more or less unsatisfactory on account of the greatly increasedcost of production and owing furthermore to the fact that the coversfrequently became partly or wholly loosened in use and were unsightly inappearance. So far as I am aware all scissors and shears heretoforeplaced on the market, whether or not the bows were covered, have beenprovided with closed bows that is, bows in which the finger and thumbopenings were entirely surrounded by metal disposed in continuous form,that is without a break.

My present invention has for its object to provide scissors and willterm open bows, that is bows in which the finger and thumb openings arenot surrounded by metal disposed in continuous form but in which eachbow is provided with an opening, which may be either on the inner orouter side as may suit the taste of the manufacturer. or best meet therequirements of the trade, and to provide in connection with these openbows tubular covers which are adapted to be slipped on over the bows andmay cover the whole or portion of the shanks as may be required.

In the accompanying drawing forming a portion of this specificationFigures 1 and 2 are elevations illustrating various forms of theinvention, and Fig. 3 is a view of one of the covers, detached.

10 denotes the blades of a pair of scissors upon the inner sides shearshaving what I or shears, 11 the shanks, 12 bows formed continuous withthe shanks and each provided with a relatively narrow opening 13, and 14tubular covers which are adapted to be sllpped on over the bows and topartially or wholly cover the shanks as preferred. These covers may bemade of leather, rubber or textile material as preferred, and are madeof any suitable shape or size to meet the special requirements ofdifferent sizes and styles of scissors and shears. The covers arepreferably closed at their outer ends as at 15, but this is notessential. The covers may be detachable, or self retaining or may becemented in place as preferred.

In Fig. 1, I have lllustrated a form in which the relatively narrowopenings are of the bows and the ends of the bows are recurved outwardand adapted to abut, as at 16, and form a stop to limit the closingmovement of the blades.

In Fig. 2, I have illustrated a form in which the relatively narrowopenings are upon the inner sides of the bows, but the ends of the bows,instead of being recurved inward as in Fig. 1, are recurved outward awayfrom each other and the recurved portions are so shaped that their innersides will abut, as at 19, and form a stop to limit the closing movementof the blades.

The operation of attaching the covers will be obvious. The covers aresimply passed on over the free ends of the bows and slipped in place andmay or not be cemented or otherwise secured in place as preferred.

It will be observed that in both Figs. 1 and 2 the bows are bent sharplyout from the shank contiguous to the opening 13, by a pronounced curve.This sharply bent or pronounced curved portion assists the recurvedportions of the bows to prevent slipping of the tubular covers, therebyaiding to retain said covers in place.

Having thus described my invention I claim An improvement in scissorsand shears comprising pivotally connected blades each having a shank anda curved how, a beveled shoulder bein formed at the juncture of theblade an shank, the shank being enlarged contiguous to the shoulder, theextremity of the bow being recurved, and a tubular cover for the bow andshank, said cover having an enlarged beveled end complemental to saidbeveled shoulder, the other end being closed to cover the extremity ofthe bow, the extremitv of the bow being spaced from thebody thereof topermit the cover to he slipped on the bow and to pass said extremity,said bow having a pro- In testimonywli reof l 'afiin my signaturesEDWARD KOEHLER.

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